TWADDLING

Verb

twaddling

present participle of twaddle

Noun

twaddling (countable and uncountable, plural twaddlings)

nonsense; claptrap

Source: Wiktionary

Twad"dling,

Definition: a. & n. from Twaddle, v.

TWADDLE

Twad"dle, v. i. & t. Etym: [See Twattle.]

Definition: To talk a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst.

Twad"dle, n.

Definition: Silly talk; gabble; fustian. I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition